Carbon Recycling Technology (CRT)

Carbon Recycling Technology (CRT) Carbon Recycling Technology (CRT) is a process technology for producing firm baseload power using a hydrocarbon-based fuel cycle while progressively eliminating dependence on fresh fossil carbon. A hydrocarbon fuel is initially used for power generation. The resulting CO₂ is captured rather than released to the atmosphere and is subsequently reacted, directly or through an integrated synthesis route, with renewable hydrogen to regenerate Recycled Synthetic Natural Gas (RSNG). The RSNG is returned to the power-generation cycle. Under steady-state operation, the carbon therefore circulates within a closed process loop: Hydrocarbon → Power Generation → CO₂ Capture → Renewable-Hydrogen Conversion → RSNG → Power Generation The residual carbon inventory functions primarily as a recyclable molecular carrier, while renewable hydrogen provides the continuing external energy input required to regenerate the fuel. Accordingly, CRT seeks to achieve two objectives simultaneously: 1. Eliminate routine process CO₂ emissions by capturing and recycling carbon rather than continuously discharging it to the atmosphere. 2. Eliminate dependence on continuous fresh fossil-carbon supply by maintaining and recycling the carbon inventory within the process, subject only to carbon losses and necessary makeup. CRT therefore differs fundamentally from conventional fossil-fuel power generation with carbon capture and storage. Instead of treating captured CO₂ as a waste stream requiring permanent disposal, CRT treats carbon as a reusable process inventory and renewable hydrogen as the replenishable energy input. In this architecture, carbon is recycled; renewable hydrogen supplies energy; and the regenerated RSNG provides a storable and dispatchable molecular pathway for converting renewable energy into firm baseload power.